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The Wto And The Anti-Corruption Movement, Padideh Ala'i

Padideh Ala'i

This article explores the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in promoting good governance while placing WTO within the larger framework of the ongoing global anti-corruption movement. Governmental policies aimed at fighting corruption are part of the good governance criteria set forth by the World Bank and other donor agencies. An important element of good governance is transparency, which has also been one of the pillars of the multilateral trading system. This article argues that from the perspective of the post-Cold War anti-corruption movement, the WTO is an important institution because it provides a comparatively successful forum for the …

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Impact Of The Financial Crisis On Trade & Investment, Padideh Ala'i

Padideh Ala'i

INTRODUCTION: It is far too soon to tell what the precise impact of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) will be on trade and investment. First, it will take time for the full impact of the stimulus packages and crisis-related policies to be assessed by trading partners and private entities. Second, given the global nature of the crisis, governments may initially be reluctant to challenge governmental measures taken to assist domestic industries, particularly since in 2009 all major trading nations adopted measures designed to help domestic industries at home and in export markets.

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Trade And Sustainable Development, Padideh Ala'i

Padideh Ala'i

The creation of the WTO in 1995 has brought GATT Article X (and other procedural provisions) and Article XX to the forefront of WTO jurisprudence. The provisions of the WTO Agreements reflect the reality of the administrative state and with it the recognition that categories of regulation (such as sanitary and phyto-sanitary regulations or technical regulations or standards) are legitimate irrespective of their impact on trade. The focus of WTO panels and the Appellate Body has shifted from harmonization and mutual recognition to transparency in application and administration. It has also required the WTO dispute settlement mechanism to engaged in …

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The Wto And The Anti-Corruption Movement, Padideh Ala'i

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Impact Of The Financial Crisis On Trade & Investment, Padideh Ala'i

Padideh Ala'i

Trade And Sustainable Development, Padideh Ala'i

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